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5,
4.8, and 5.0 kV. The concentric rings observed in the set-up as the anode voltage
increases are shown below:
Before arriving from the formula above, the eq. 2 was used to determine the
velocity of the electron. Using the varying accelerating voltage, the velocity was
computed.
1 2
e V a= m v (eq. 2)
2
v=
2eVa
m (eq. 3)
4.3 38891969.97
4.5 39786155.06
4.8 41090964.25
5.0 41938289.77
Based from the data above, velocity of the electron increases as the voltage
increases. This is because higher energy or voltage excites the electron thus it
moves faster upon absorption of the energy. From the velocity computed above, the
theoretical wavelength was computed using eq. 4 which is the de Broglie relation.
h
= (eq. 4)
mv
38891969.97 0.01870281974
39786155.06 0.01828247797
41090964.25 0.01770193318
41938289.77 0.0173442815
Computed theoretical value have decreasing trend upon increase in the
velocity of the electron. The wavelength can also be computed using the value for D
of both the inner concentric circle and outer concentric circle but the interatomic
distance must be solved first. This can be done by solving eq 1 by linear regression.
D 1.23
d = nm
2 L Va (eq. 1)
D
=d (eq. 5)
2L
Based on Young and Freedman (2014), the greater the accelerating voltage,
the shorter the wavelength. As can be seen from the data above it can be inferred
that the accelerating voltage of the electron is inversely proportional to its
wavelength.
Reference:
Young, H. D., & Freedman, R. A. (2014). Sears and Zemansky's University Physics:
with Modern Physics. -- 13th ed. San Francisco: Pearson Education, Inc. p 1428